Bid proposal slated for health department repairs
It’s been more than seven months since a state of emergency was declared in Santa Rosa County following floods that damaged homes and destroyed roads.
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Sacred Heart offers new treatments for blocked arteries
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola is offering a new treatment to re-open arteries in the legs that have become narrowed or blocked due to peripheral artery disease (PAD).
Kombucha is growing in popularity – but what is it?
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It starts out looking like a pancake, but it’s actually a complex colony of yeast and bacteria. And when it’s fed with organic black tea and sugar, “it transforms the resulting liquid into a refreshingly sweet and sour, lightly sparkling beverage with a fruity fragrance,” wrote Dr. Thomas L. Stone, in the American Nutrition Association’s Nutrition Digest. This beverage is known as kombucha, and because the process of creating it involves fermentation (similar to making vinegar), it can offer a delicious boost to the good bacteria in your gut.
The season of giving
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Faith.
At this time of the year many local congregations transition from Thanksgiving into a season of giving. Many local churches, such as Navarre United Methodist Church (NUMC), have angel tree programs, providing congregation members the opportunity to help local families in need.
Good Shepherd Lutheran celebrates mission festival
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On Sunday, Nov. 9, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Gulf Breeze hosted a mission festival celebrating the end of a six-week mission project to raise funds to buy bricks for a life skills center in Sagubo, Philippines, a rural village located in the mountains approximately 200 miles north of Manila on the island of Luzon.
Unusual partnership created between school district and inmates
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Schools seem like the last place prisoners might be welcomed, but an innovative community program is an exception.
Out and About
Written by Sandi Kemp on . Posted in Opinion, Out and About.
The countdown to Christmas has begun. Once again – it snuck up on me. No matter how much I am determined for Christmas to not catch me unprepared it does – except for the year we went out of town for two weeks during Christmas. I was prepared for that one – especially because the trip itself was the only gift we gave that year.
Area crime just one reason to incorporate
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Editorial, Opinion.
Incorporation supporters have likened the incorporation wave to the Boston Tea Party—a stand against taxation without representation. They are angered by what they view as bloated and unresponsive county government and want greater control over how their taxes are spent. Proponents argue that the best way to make government responsive to community interests is to make it a community government.
Nonsense at the National Seashore
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Dan Brown is superintendent of Gulf Islands National Seashore. In a way he’s the “big boss” of the pristine stretch of barrier islands which skirt the Mississippi and northwest Florida coasts. He’s also head honcho of historic local park areas, such as Fort Pickens, Fort Barrancas and the Naval Live Oaks Reserve.
Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk benefits community projects
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Kick off the holiday season with fourth annual Navarre Chamber Foundation’s Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk Saturday, Dec. 6, at 8 a.m. The non-competitive unscored family event is for all ages, and will start and finish at the Holley-Navarre main fire station, 8618 Esplanade St. (behind Tropical Smoothie). Register online at www.active.com, download the form at www.navarrechamberfoundation.org, or pick-up a registration application at Navarre Visitor Information Center/Chamber of Commerce. Registration is $20.